{"id":8452,"date":"2025-06-02T15:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2025-06-02T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:54:33","slug":"libelula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/libelula\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragonflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<p data-sourcepos=\"1:1-1:203\">As with many insect species, the life of a dragonfly is divided into two phases: the juvenile, which is the aquatic larval state, and the adult, in which they fly in the air, above the water.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:608\">The transition between the juvenile and adult phases is the most dangerous period in a dragonfly&#8217;s life. This metamorphosis occurs out of the water, still on land, and lasts for a few hours. The animal remains motionless on a plant branch or on the deck&#8217;s wood, especially if its infancy was spent in a biological pond. After shedding its last chitinous skin from the larval stage, known as the exuvia, the dragonfly extends its wings by filling channels comparable to arteries. Everything needs to dry to transform into an exoskeleton suitable for hunting flights, territory defense, and mating.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:97\">Thus, the life of a dragonfly is quite simple, whether in a natural wetland or a biological pond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/biopool\/\">home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/biopool\/news\">news<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8514,"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452\/revisions\/8514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biopiscinas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}